Educating for a High Skills Society? The Landscape of Federal Employment, Training and Lifelong Learning Policy in Canada

Autor/inn/en	Gibb, Tara; Walker, Judith
Titel	Educating for a High Skills Society? The Landscape of Federal Employment, Training and Lifelong Learning Policy in Canada
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Policy, 26 (2011) 3, S.381-398 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0939
Schlagwörter	Employment; Lifelong Learning; Policy Analysis; Foreign Countries; Federal Government; Social Capital; Educational Policy; Job Skills; Knowledge Level; Public Policy; Skill Development; Social Bias; Government Role; Labor Market; Adult Learning; Job Training; Economic Factors; Indigenous Populations; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dienstverhältnis; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Politikfeldanalyse; Ausland; Bundesregierung; Sozialkapital; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Produktive Fertigkeit; Wissensbasis; Öffentliche Ordnung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Ökonomischer Faktor; Sinti und Roma; Kanada
Abstract	Government reports and documents claim that building a knowledge economy and innovative society are key goals in Canada. In this paper, we draw on critical policy analysis to examine 10 Canadian federal government training and employment policies in relation to the government's espoused priorities of innovation and developing a high skills society and economy. Our findings highlight three areas of contradiction: a tension between high skills and low skills policy, a contradictory focus on the socially and economically excluded "and" included, and the paradox of both an active "and" passive federal government. Drawing on state theories such as "inclusive liberalism" and the "social investment state", we argue that while a "highly skilled knowledge economy" may form part of the overall skills discourse, these contradictions raise doubts that it is to become a reality in Canada in the near future. (Contains 15 notes and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10